Bill Cosby Accused of Sexual Assault by Singer Morganne Picard in Lawsuit, Comedian Denies Claims

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Bill Cosby is being accused of sexual assault by another woman.Singer Morganne Picard alleged that Cosby, now 86, drugged and raped her after they met in 1987, according to a new lawsuit filed in New York City on Friday, August 4, which The Daily Beast obtained.Picard claimed that the disgraced comedian invited her to the set of his The Cosby Show “under the pretense” of helping her career as an aspiring singer.

She alleged in the court documents that Cosby provided her with beverages and “insisted and encouraged” her to drink them on multiple occasions.

Picard believed the drinks had been drugged because she would black out shortly after ingesting them. In one instance, Picard allegedly woke up naked in a hotel room “with soreness in her vagina,” which led her to believe that she had been raped.Picard also named NBCUniversal Media, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria Studios Limited Partnership II, and The Carsey-Werner Company in her suit for failing to “investigate, reprimand, supervise” or “try to stop Cosby.”Cosby, for his part, has denied the accusations through rep Andrew Wyatt, who called out the accusers for “fueling false narratives for the potential of media fame and greed.” Us Weekly has reached out for comment.“I am reminded of a photo a man hanging from a tree burning, as the plantation owner hosted a barbecue and party for the slaves as this Black Man was being roasted alive, without the sheer facts of any evidence, proof, truth or facts,” Wyatt told The Daily Beast in a statement on Friday.Cosby was previously accused of sexual misconduct by over 60 women in 2015, many of whom claimed that he drugged and raped them.